I canât find any reference to this in the Magistratesâ court guidelines,

However, I would expect that if it came to court, that it would be a level 3 fine with a starting point of band A , and without any points.

This means in English, a maximum of Â£1,000 fine, however it would come with a starting point of 50% of your (the driversâ) weekly income, and of course without any points.

It would be the driver who commits the offence, as he should have checked that the tax disc was current - don't blame me, I don't make the rules. If it came to court I would attempt to argue that it was not an attempt to defraud, but only a clerical oversight. Without knowing any background or details, it would not surprise me if the mags would throw it out and start to ask some questions of the prosecutor.

I canât find any reference to this in the Magistratesâ court guidelines,

However, I would expect that if it came to court, that it would be a level 3 fine with a starting point of band A , and without any points.

This means in English, a maximum of Â£1,000 fine, however it would come with a starting point of 50% of your (the driversâ) weekly income, and of course without any points.

It would be the driver who commits the offence, as he should have checked that the tax disc was current - don't blame me, I don't make the rules. If it came to court I would attempt to argue that it was not an attempt to defraud, but only a clerical oversight. Without knowing any background or details, it would not surprise me if the mags would throw it out and start to ask some questions of the prosecutor.

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If you look up the "DVLA con" thread I posted a few weeks ago I posted the letters I had from the DVLA and they don't make sense, but my attempts to get in touch with their office in Bournmouth were a waste of money and time and on checking with others in the same situation on the web, I paid up as it was the cheapest option

I was under the impression that, under the new rules introduced last year, and providing the license had been purchased, a period of grace of 5 days was permitted. This allows the postal system to deliver tax discs that are ordered on-line.

There are two seperate offences: Failing to display and tax disc and failing to have a valid tax disc. DVLA and the police have a policy (not actual legislation) of giving two weeks grace for situations like this to get sorted.